11.   If she earned excellent grades, he would wear an earring for a month.

12.   In the future, the argument runs, children will be facing increasing competition to earn good grades and get into good schools.

13.   Justin Zhao earned good grades as a student and never rebelled, even as a teen-ager.

14.   Old classmates at Groton recall McGuckin as a scrappy football player who earned good grades.

15.   School officials there remember Markhasev as a well-behaved student who earned good grades.

16.   Slivinske said insurers traditionally have supported good student discounts because statistics bear out that young drivers who earn good grades have fewer accidents and claims.

17.   Still, out in the community, Williams earned top grades.

18.   The Gallup Organization, reviewing its recent polling data, said Bush is earning better grades than is his tax proposal.

19.   The report also showed that students who arrived with better high school preparation were accumulating more college credits, earning better grades and staying in college longer.

20.   Under the strong hand of his father, he started earning good grades and became a class officer.